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a a eR 1 1 i TP = PE --- a Association Ra .THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE To Reappraisals . . . It is clear that the Kennedy administra- tion in the United States with its careful 'analysis of the general state of the coun- try's economy, has forced the Canadian government to take another look at our Just a short time ago, the members of the Conservative cabinet own economy. were- talking in cautious terms about business. This reflects the new line being taken The Eisenhower machine kept issuing favourable reports, kept in- sisting that there was nothing really But the unemployment figures in the States. wrong. have continued to climb and figures to fall. The Vagaries of the We talk about the Cahddian winter but it is quite clear from the news about the 'weather that comes flooding in upon us that we don't have a Canadian winter . . . we have Canadian winters, How much snow falls upon your local Now they have begun to change their tune. little-optimism in the most recent utter- ances of Mr. Walker and Mr. Hees. Mr. Kennedy's speeches clearly indicate that in his opinion and in the opinion of his advisers things are W---- Notes and Comments bably be but optimistic There is the production ing to follow Canadian Winter community depends upon a great many variables. . Last year in Ottawa the man of the house shovelled up snow until the pile on the front lawn rose ficent height of eight and this year he has shovelled snow only once. One major snowfall and winter has run out four of its six months, But down the other side of London they have had over sevéi feet and more than that. in the Maritimes: Why New York practically in Florida has had more trouble with snow this "year City which is than Ottawa. to the magni- in. one half feet; the Canadian really bad and may get much worse before : corrective measures can be applied to the failing: economy, . Similarly in Canada. "We. are now, at long last, being: told that things will pro- worse: before they are better. If this indicates that the government intends to take a realistic appraisal of what has happened and. is: happening to our economy, the results can be. good. The Canadian Congress of Labour has heen demanding. this for some time. They even have some ready - made solutions. They want the government to go into large scale-deficit financing in order to bring the economy: out of the doldrums. This is apparently what Kennedy is get- ting ready to do in the States. tion for us is whether Mr, The ques- Fleming is go- suit or not. The odds at the moment are even. And take this matter of temperature. Up until about two weeks ago we didn't know what zero weather was; then sud- denly we have had two weeks of sub-zero temperatures. 'the thermometer has hit the low thirties: --that's thirty below. A few. miles out: of: town, Wells have frozen up and the water level . is 80 low that people have to truck water The word from Toronto is that the city is once more experiencing the old-fashion- ed kind of winter . .. . the kind that it used to have inthe 1880's: "come to the conclu winter is a local phenomenon subject to the winds of chance, humidity, barometric pressure, - sun-spots, astra), storms and French atomic tests relatively speaking. So we have sion that the Canadian PROPOSE SHOPPING IN WHITBY : A proposal: that a drive-in type of shopping-mall 'be created in:the four square'blocks adjoining the Four Cor- ners was made to the directors of the Whitby 'Chimber of Commerce last weelt by members of a committee set up to make a study of the effect of shopping, centres on the existing re- tail section of the. town. Te In: presenting: a: recommendation thatithe:town:council.refuse:a- request for rezoning-the Bradley: Farm on Brock street north for commercial purposes, the committee pointed out MALL aur whilé "Neighbourhood and reasonable | size: shopping. plazas on: the: present: re-zoned sites are possibly large enough to encompass all other areas will stop development of neighbour- hood sites and tend to degrade older . locations." The: plan: for the, creation; of the drive-mall was offered as an alterna- tive,that would improve shopping con~ ditions in the: dewnstown area. The plen;will (be: presented: ta the: Whithy ~ Town: Gouncil for. consideration. G. DP: HEPDITCH: _ RECEIVES APPOINTMENT Mr. Gordon D. Hepditch has been _ appointedichairman of tha Emergency: Organization for the County of Ont: Mr. Hepditch received: the appoints ment at the. last session of Ontario County . Couneil, Appointments have been made on the advice of the federal government that some permanent official be ap- pointed to maintain continuous super- " visfon in case of 'emergency. "Mr, Hepditch said that plans are being made; and: that news -relesses) _.on_the Emergency Measures Organi- ization will be forthcoming in a few , weeks, rg, FIRE RAZES PECONI'PLANT Fire believed to have started in the vicinity of the office by a coal, ofl heater completely destroyed 'the main building and cold storage area of the Ed Peconi processing plant, one-half | t.of Argyle Thutsdey night, 4pory 4 mile Febs The building has been recently con- structed and of modern design and rict equipment and the loss although not The fire. was: first: noticed at 5.30 p.m. by- Gary. Thornbury and Nick Montague: who were in' the building atthe time. Beaverton, Kirkfiéld and Atherley Fire Departments answered the alarm but the fire, fanned by a 'strong wind was soon out of control. Lack of. water hampered the firemen. The Beaverton truck had to return to the village for water when the pumper went dry, .~A- 200. gal; tank. of oil ignited and added fuel to;the:fire. Firemen concentrated on saving nearby buildings. 0) B TOWNSHIPS TO CO-OPERATE FOR INDUSTRY : ~.. BROUGHAM- -- Suggestion that Pickering and city-sized Scarborough Township of the. Municipality of Met- velopment as a joint and closely in- tegrated 'project featured report by Councillor-Clifford W. Laycox at Jan, -23, meeting "here of Pickering Twp. 'Council under 'Reeve J. Sherman Scott: Mr. Laycox had attended recent meet- ing of: the: Metro Toronto Industrial Commission, and also said that he was told by a number of prominent and influential people that Pickering Twp. has good' reason to expect wide in- 'dustrial development by firms seek- ing to establish manufacturing plants dn or near. Metro Toronto. -- 'BARN-BURNS- WHILE-OWNER: AT CHURCH. ~~ While attending church in Bowman- ville on Sunday evening, Jan. 29th, an. East. Whitby. farmer, Jan Van Drunen, lost his barn and all livestock in a_ fire. The property is located 2 miles. eastiof Qolumbus, Eight cows, two calves; a sheep and nix goats were destroyed in the hlaze which: attracted hundreds of mator- ists. They jammed the roadd se tightly that firemen from Oshawaiand Brooldin: hind difficulty reaching the seene. ; Cliff Pethick of Enniskillen did yeo- 'man. service. with. his. large water 'truck, supplying "water to the fire. fighters from a nearby creek. As a result it was possible to save a ghed inttached to the large barn. No esti estimated is believed to he high. Ls VER mate of the loss has been released, " 'ropolitan Toronto seek industrial de- ; U.S. MAGAZINE PUBLISHES ARTICLE ON, OSHAWA WOOD PRODUCTS Oshawa. Wood Products Ltd., long known locally, for, dependability, qual- ity: and: service, is becoming equally well known by our "American Cous. ins", as well as our Ontario kin. The new showroom of 'Oshawa' Wood Products Ltd. has caught the atten- tion of its. American counterparts. So much so.that five pages in the Jan. 16th edition of Building Materials Merchandiser, formerly Ameri¢an Lumberman, published ..in Chicago, IL, is devoted: to this, firm. . As well as the articles dealing with a brief: Mistory of the. firm and more particularly the new:showroom, excel: lent photos.are-shown of the exterjor; 'planning center, model. rooms and several others, Oshawa Wood Products Ltd, is be. lieved to be second to none in its field. It is highly regarded in the trade and the magazine states, "It's one of the most complete one-stop Home Centres in either Canada: or United States." C. W. HODGSON APP@INTED TO ORC; NIGHT RACING" PERMITTED AT FALL FAIRS Clayton W. Hodgson, Federal mem- ber for Victoria, and. Haliburton has been appointed to the Ontarfo Racing Commission. With another appointee Ronald 'W: Todgham of Windsor, Pre- sident of the Chrysler Corp, of Can- ada, the membership of the Commis- sion will now be brought to six. This was announced by Agriculture Min- ister, William A. Goodfellow in the Legislature. . ~--Mr..Hodgson- advocated .at- the. re- cent annual meeting of the Lindsay Exhibition Board that standard-bred harness racing: be changed 'from the afternoon grandstand show to the evening performance under lights to make way for more of an agrictiltural show in the afternoon and a better more; interesting night: program. "A faw: small, bets: would, do; no harm ef- ther, regardless of, what church. you, belong to," Mr. Hodgson summed. up, In this commection: Hon, Goodfellow. also confirmed in th the Ontarlo Racing, Commissiop plans to control' all standard:bred racing in Ontario, including meets at fall fafrs, - | Saturday as a-fund-raising-activity-- Anglican Notes By Mary Becker Next weck sees the beginning of the solemn Lenten season. Ash Wednes- day service will be held at 10 a.m. and will be taken by the Chaplain 6f the Ontario Hospital, Whitby, tian Education Conference at St. Louis, Mo,, from tomorrow until next Friday. This = Sunday's, Morning Prayer service will be in charge of a lay reader from Oshawa. Service will be at 11.80 as usual. Tonight there will be a meeting ot the Young Peoples', a cuchre and a meeting of the Church School Teach. ers' Group. All these events will take place in the. church hall. The teachers' meeting will be devoted to organizational matters and the dem- onstration of new equipment. Much of the evening will be a work session and all are reminded to bring any pletures they have, and cardboard. Scissors will also be useful, i This Saturday, February 11th, the Afternoon Guild will hold a Valentine Tea and Bake Sale in the church hall from 2.30 to 4.30. It is hoped that all ladies of the parish will support this event. On Tuesday last, the Afternoon Guild met, primarily to wake final plans for the tea; and the Evening Guild assembled in the church hall for their regular meeting that night. Af- | ter the opening prayer, minutes were read, the treasurer's report given and a favourable report of the recent lun- cheon, + Considerable planning was done" for the High School teachers' lunchegpswhen the, group will cater for a lavge group at noon on Feb. 23rd. Mrs. Beck pigave a chapter from the study bdok entitled "The Breakup of the Christian Chureh™ and the members each contributed some- thing concerning one or more deno- mination of the Christian family. The meeting closed with prayer and re- freshments were served by Mrs, Bell and Mrs. Bruton. --.}---Confirmation-elass-will-meet-today |- at 4.15 in the church hall. This class is for young pepole who are thirteen and over and are Interested in being prepared for Confirmation this May. Part of the preparation is the attend- ing of Mrs. Mumford's class each Sunday also, und the learning of the catechism, The Yaung People are planning to have a table at tlie Valentine Tea this The monthly meeting of the W.A. will take place on Tuesday next, Feb, ! 14th, in the church hall. In last week's column, we listéd the four ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada. One of these appeared as Ottawa. This was n misprint and should 'have read Ont- aro. The others were listed correct- ly as British Columbia, Rupert's Land (the prairie provinces and northwest); and: Canada (Quebec and the Mari- times). Any of the ladies who have taken tea towels home from the church kit- chen to wash are asked to return them as soon.as possible, as: they will he needed for the coming: luncheon. District Doings $1000 FIRE WIPES OUT OMEMEE READY MJX PLANT Omemee -- A fire of undetermined "origin with estimated, loss of $40,000 completely destroyed the plant of Omemee Ready Mix about 8.30.p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28th. Operated by Morgan and Reginald McConnell this new industry employed about 7 em- ployees and was gradually expanding to meet the demand for business. Very little insurance was. oarried. and the loss included cheques and:cash in the office, two front-end loaders, a Mur. Fuller will be attending a Chris- | 'the new housing, nieasures and was "mits would set allitime records. Thursday, February 9th, 1961 FIFTHOYEAR FOR ASSIGNMENT HOSTS Murvia Barrett. (left) and. Bill Mec- Neil are co-hosts on Assignment, the hour-long radio magazine now in its Report From Parliament By Michael Starr, M.P. Minister of Labour Results of the Government's ef- forts to stimulate the economy in the construction field were seen in Nov. when building permits went up by 13.4 percent over the previous year. - Value of both residential and non- residential -permits was larger com- pared to last year. Total value: of bullding permits in Canadian munici- palities was $185,970,000, Permits.for residential construction were up to $84,942,000 from $78,399,- 000 last year. - This rise reflected the fnmpetus of an indication of an across-the-board jump in building--both residential and non-résidential--which would continue to mount in the months ahead. In recent visits to Vancouver, Win. nipeg and Edmonton, it has been ap- parent to me that the Government's |. program of winter works, housing, sewage disposal and other projects in the construction field, is obtaining re- sults, In Vancouver, there was a seven million dollar loan. fox sewage dis- posal and a loan for university resi- dence construction; in Winnipeg, there was a considerable amount of winter construction; and in Edmonton, indi- cations were that construction per- fifth -year on CBC radio's Dominion network. One of the top-rated Cana- dian radio shows, Assignment brings listeners a program of interviews, music, news and weather information every week-night, Monday to Friday, We have also repeatedly stressed the need for young people to stay in high school in order to complete their education and go on to university; particularly in view of the fact that those who are hardest hit by unem- ployment are in the 15 to 24-year age category, 0 The. latest Dominion Bureau of Sta- tisties show that university enrol- ments have increased over last year by 11 percent. Ontario's increase was 9.2 percent, compared to 13.8 percent in the West, 12.8 percent in Quebec, and the At- lantic Provinces 10.4 percent. These figures. are encouraging and they show that the effort to provide higher education for young Cana. dinns is. proving successful, 0f Many Things By Ambrose Hilly Co THE CURSE OF UNEMPLOYMENT There is no general understanding of how unemployment hurts the econ- omy. Too many people believe that the only persons hurt are those who are out.of a job. Recently, the owner of a furniture store pointed out how unemployment affects the buying of many others. "It's not the ones who get laid off In. Edmonton, I opened a new bujld- Ing, for the unemployment insurapce commigsion which, I hope, will set a standard of service and accommoda- tion across. Canada. 1 might add that in the Prairie Re- glon, unemployment insurance opera. tions are now completely mechanized, Insofar as the processing of data is concerned and that this has resulted In increased efficiency and in cutting down the time taken to deal with claimants. Meanwhile, latest figures showed that the municipal winter works pro- gram for this winter was going well ahead of schedule. Figures released near the end. of January indicated that some 1,723 municipalities _had-already-taken-part this winter and were engaged on some 65,000 projects. Total cost was in the neighbourhood of $230,000,000. Work will be provided for some 200,000 men this winter. through these projects. In the House of Commons, work wa: resumed on consideration of a num- ber of important items arising out of the Government's legislative program. The question of Dominion - Provin- cial relations formed the subject; of , debate early in the week and a num- | ber of members voiced their views on | tax-sharing arrangements. i On Thursday, labour problems again came to the fore with presen- tation of submissions by the labow unions to the Cabinet. I was pleased to note, according to large rotary type concrete mixer.com- plete with truck, quantity of gas, Gils, ' steam boiler, conveyor, tools, ete, ! The fire was first noticed by, Mr, | Blake, nearby who operates a poultry, establishment. Trying to contact the fire brigade was futile as the tele- phone 'and hydro lines had been burnt off; -Byithe time the Brigade arglyed it was too late. A seriea of explosions, fed by gasoline augmented the infer no. Efforts to save the large truck inside the front door were futile. One of their largest contracts res cently completed waa at the new girls, Purposes; we; are attempting, to, provide, techni: cal and tsmining aldls for these who shave: missedi the. opportunity, of i uni- latest statistics released this week that university enrolments in Canada are risipg. rapidly, One of 'the"feautres in the Govern- ment's new. program has been the special attention paid to universities. The Government has. provided loans for the construction of student resi- dences, as well as allowing tultion fees to he deducted. for. income tax. In ithe vocation training, program, Training School at Lindsay. A versity education. : that affect me most"; he sald. "It's the three or four neighbors who quit buying. when one guy gets dropped." "Another said, "With the politicians shouting business crash and that Rus- sian hammering on the table with his shoe, how can anyone think of furni- ture?" Unemployment is Canada's mos: cerlous problem for the very reasons outlined by these worried furniture dealers. the Individual laid-off, there is the lack of prompt, . Aside from the suffering of confidence large lay-offs The solution to unemployment is not nearly as complicated as is gen- erally thought, again and unemployment will disap- pear. _ Business. cannot -hoom when Get business booming products must be priced too high; and prices cannot come down while wages and taxes go up. Some political courage is going to be required. Wage rates must be held in check. Tax rates must not go up--indecd, there ought to be mas- sive reductions. Social services should be reduced or held at their present level. Business should be encouraged to further automation and streamlin- ing. Whatever is required to make Canadian products competitive" in world markets must be done -- und soon, If action is taken promptly, all will be well., The Canadian economy is relatively sound. = The storm warn- ings are clear, and there is time to batten down the hatches and trim the | sails, Some action has already been taken by the government at Ottawa. Not enough, and not explained to the peo- ple with the clarity required. Nevers theless, enough was done to illustrate that the government kuows what {is needed. They may go further in the next budget, Unemployment is & curse more seri- ous than many people. realize. Its evils should be fully explained. Then the nation would be ready to accept the rather painful surgery required to cure it, Scugog tecently, Mr. Gary Huleoop of Scu- gog, took Miss Velma Michie of Pore Perry for his bride. The young coup- 1 le are now living at Lakeside Beach. Mrs. Russell Pogue and Mrs. Percy Jeffrey took charge of collecting and purchasing some gifts to he given the young folk on 'behalf of - the Island. Gifts received were a Canniste set and garbage Pail in stainless steel; clectrie iron; electric tea kettle: iron frying pan, 2 supreme cooking pots: I supreme roasting pan; 1 tey pot; V. dozen linen tea towels; 1 set salt & pepper. We were pleased to have Rev, J. K. Braham resume his duties on Sunday und know that he is feeling better, Recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Joe Dowson were Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Long of Frince Albert and Mrs, D. Hope of Port Perry, Mrs. Vergne Netherton of Little Britain re- newed her friendship with Clara while her parents visited Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Demara. We are somewhat tardy in extend- ing congratulations to John Hardy, of Edmonton, Alta., but formerly of Scugog, upon his recent marriage on Jan. Tth, He and his bride enjoyed u honeymoon in Californta and were able to visit with Mr. and Mrs: Rus. sell Sanguine, ) Une of our coldest evenings of the year did not discourage 17 Head W.AL ludies from meeting at the home of Joyce Heayn." The roll call brought to mind many Health Rules, some of which are observed without question und others we would choose to ignore, We had the usual worship period and reports from the various com- mittees. We were surprised how un. conscious we" were of our immediate surroundings when we were request - ed to list the wearing apparel of 2 members, It was finally agreed that Clara Dowson, in spite of her quiet manner, was the most observant. Hetty Reader treated us to a coup- - He of -veadings.-- One of them remind: ed us of the renewed interest in ou little white church at the "Head". Joyce Heayn displayed the pleas- ures her family is sharing in their movie camera and also. took a few shots during the lunch period. We. shall look forward to a gay time Friday evening in the township hull when Mr. and Mrs. C. Hardy will be welcomed back from their recent trip----to-- Florida --and-- tangible good wishes will be presented to Mr. and Mrs. McQuinn, following their loss in a recent fire, Manchester Rev. Mr. Braham brought a most appealing message on Sunday morn- ing. His theme "Be still and know that I am God". - Misses Carol Jean Prior and Sand- ra Proctor of Toronto Teachers Col- lege are student teachers with Mrs. Medd this week. This community extends deepest sympathy to Mr, and Mrs. Jack Wan- 'ninkhof in the death of their infant son. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Snodden, Black- water, Mr. L. Fielding, Toronto and Mrs. May Crittendon, Keswick, were weck-end guests of Mr. and Mrs, A. Fielding. Mrs. Crosier visited in Stouffville on Sunday afternoon. The Women's Association met at Ruby Fielding's last Thursday after- noon with an attendance of fourteen members and three visitors, The wor- ship period was in charge of Lillian Leach and Ruby Fielding. The theme "The Bible". "Thank you" notes were read and Mrs, Crosier gave a report on the January meeting of the ing. Seven dollars and twenty cents was voted for one dozen hymn hooks for the church and twenty dollars to Port Perry Hospital, Annie Toombs, Ethel Franklin, Frances Stevens and Margaret Crox- all were appointed a committee to look after the display for Port Terry Fair, i ytd Mrs. Lamb reported $37.46 was net profit from the Holstein Breeders Luncheon and $45.33 from the Fair Bonrd Banquet. : Mrs. Leach and Mrs, Fielding ser- ved lee cream and cake and a soctal hour was enjoyed. Collection $4.00. Part Perry Hospital Auxiliary meet ri